Voltaire

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Better is the enemy of good.

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

Every great movement must experience three stages ridicule, discussion, adoption.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

Avoid popularity it has many snares and no real benefit.

Music causes us to think eloquently.

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.

Ice-cream is exquisite – what a pity it isn’t illegal.

He is great who confers the most benefits.

Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

What you do makes a difference. And you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.